Clarissa Ward reporting on the streets of Kabul right now

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Jesus, this is just extremely dangerous at this point

[dewsgirl]

1. I've been so worried for her.

[WarGamer]

2. her bravery is like... off the scale

[dalton99a]

3. "Stand to the side because you're a woman"

[secondwind]

4. I just read there's been an agreement between Taliban and American envoy.

Folks will be allowed to leave, thousands of them... I read this here on DU a few minutes ago..

Don't know name of the post..

[Irish_Dem]

5. The Taliban is known for not keeping promises and agreements.

So we shall see what happens.

[sir pball]

6. I think they'll hold up their end of the Trump bargain

It was really just to allow an orderly drawdown/removal with no harm to Americans; they didn't promise to not take over the country in a matter of hours. I suspect they'll let Westerners flee unmolested if for no other reason than to not give us a reason to retaliate or even return.

[Irish_Dem]

10. The Taliban desires status and legitimacy. So letting westerners evacuate is the best decision

for them. Hopefully that is what they will do.

[Takket]

7. I'll freely admit I'm nowhere near as brave as her

How can she not literally be terrified that she’s going to beheaded at this point?

[jmbar2]

8. Distracted by the men's eyeliner

Mad respect for the brave female reporter.

But I was totally distracted by the appearance of eyeliner on the men. Apparently this IS a thing with Afghan men.

The majority of males who you see wearing surma tend to be from the village area; you would not see men from the city or urban areas wearing surma. The only reasons men from the villages wear it is in order to have strong/good vision and because religiously, it is considered good. Which is why if you see Afghan people on the news, for instance, not a lot of them are wearing glasses. This natural product has been used for centuries and has minerals that improve eyesight.

Along with health benefits, there is also a religious aspect attached to wearing surma. It is known to be religiously beneficial when worn on Friday night. Similar to how Sunday is the Holy Day for Catholics, Friday is to Muslims. On Fridays, it is believed that if you wear perfume and surma then God will be watching you. Not that the Afghan people do not wear perfume regularly, but on Friday’s it is considered to be more significant, religiously.

https://benawhat.wordpress.com/tag/why-do-afghan-men-wear-eyeliner/

[0rganism]

9. so Pres. Biden was right - this won't be like Vietnam. It's looking a lot more like Cambodia.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the former embassy compound turned into a Taliban "Justice Center" or some such, complete with jails and execution yards.

[BannonsLiver]

11. "Death to America!!!"

Clarissa: “But they seem friendly.”

Our national media is a joke.

[likesmountains 52]

12. She said it was bizarre. I think she was just pointing that out, not that she believes for a moment

that they are friendly.

[IcyPeas]

13. she was just on tv again reporting live and she said the taliban have

learned from their past mistakes and they are trying to portray a different image to the world now.... (paraphrasing)

[Bonx]

15. They seem like nice folks

[Vinca]

14. At this point I'm trying to decide if this woman is brave or crazy. My husband says the

Taliban likes CNN because it reports on them and I hope he's right for her sake.